In the statement made by the National Institute of Migration (INM), a large number of immigrants were detected in the bed of a truck on the Villahermosa-Coatzacoalcos highway in the provincial city of Nuevo Teapa.
After the screams and shouts heard from the truck bed, the security forces took action and rescued 209 irregular migrants.
It was shared that the immigrants found were from Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador and Honduras.
23 of the immigrants, including young children, were hospitalized with complaints of thirst and lack of oxygen.
It was recorded that the number of immigrants caught trying to cross the US border illegally was 2.76 million people in 2022.
According to data from Mexican authorities, 8.76 million undocumented immigrants are thought to live in the country.
Destination USA
Due to problems such as violence, unemployment and poverty in their countries, irregular immigrants who try to reach the USA in order to establish a better life often fall into the hands of human traffickers.
A large number of irregular migrants, who have departed from Central American countries for many years, are trying to reach the USA via Guatemala and Mexico.